Rutgers Dedicates New Honors College
High-achieving students at Rutgers have a new home; Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and Rutgers President Robert Barchi hosted the ceremony.
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Rutgers’ Honors College Nearly Ready
Rutgers University is putting the finishing touches on its new Honors College in New Brunswick - an elite program designed to keep the best students in state.
New Dormitory for Rutgers Honor Students Is a Class Above
As an honors student in high school, Amanda Fraticelli loved the atmosphere of being surrounded by top students, she said.
Rutgers Honors College Welcomes Inaugural Class
The Honors College of Rutgers-New Brunswick welcomed its first group of students this year. Several first-year students said they chose Rutgers specifically because of the honors program and are excited to establish new traditions. Watch and feel their excitement for yourself.
Rutgers Class of 2019: Diverse, Accomplished and Largest Ever
The new Honors College at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, which formally opened its doors this semester, has enrolled 530 students. With an average SAT of 2160, the Honors College profile is about 300 points higher than New Brunswick/RBHS, and more than 600 points higher than the state and national average…
Q&A with Deans of New Honors College
The Honors College here at Rutgers is the newest addition to the family of schools the university has to offer. Academic Dean Matt Matsuda and Administrative Dean Paul Gilmore offered some insight on the new school…
Sweeney Says Facilities Key to Slowing Brain Drain
During a tour of several new buildings at Rutgers University's main campus on Thursday, Senate President Stephen Sweeney said the facilities will help encourage New Jersey students to stay in-state for college.
Sweeney, Smith Tour New Facilities at Rutgers
“These new laboratories, lecture halls and residence dorms let students both in the state and around the world know that New Jersey is committed to providing the greatest educational experience possible,” Sweeney said.
Sweeney ‘Impressed’ with Rutgers Use of State’s Higher Ed Bond
Though Sweeney was impressed, he said the state's investment should not be measured only in buildings. He hopes the updated facilities go a long way toward ending New Jersey's annual exodus of high school graduates to colleges in other states. "The one thing you don't want to do is export them," Sweeney said of students. "They are our future.”
Honors College Opens at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The honors program and the living-learning community to house first-year students were created by Rutgers in an effort to keep more of New Jersey's high-achieving students attending school in the state, as well as attract top students from out of state…